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  • The snow was a blanket over the roofs of the village.
    Metaphor; comparing snow to a blanket; means snow was covering everything
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word ROLL.
    To roll a ball, or to eat a bread roll.
  • Gladys is such a chicken. I can't believe she wouldn't go through the haunted house.
    Metaphor; comparing Gladys to a chicken; means she's a scaredy baby
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word BOWL.
    A bowl you eat out of, or to go bowling.
  • Shirl must have a heart of stone because she never visits her sick grandma.
    Metaphor; comparing Shirl's heart to stone; means she is unkind
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word BAT.
    A baseball bat, or a flying animal bat.
  • I slept like a log last night. I didn't even wake up during the thunderstorm!
    Simile; comparing I and log; means that the person slept very soundly.
  • Explain what a multiple meaning word is.
    One word with 2 or more different meanings.
  • Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
    Simile; comparing Marley and a door-nail; means that he was DEAD dead
  • I can tell that Peggy is mad at me. She was as cold as ice to me at the party last night.
    Simile; comparing Peggy and ice; means she was giving the cold shoulder
  • Explain the purpose of similes and metaphors.
    To compare 2 things in a fancy way.
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word LIGHT.
    Not heavy, or something that illuminates.
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word WATCH.
    Something you wear that tells time, or to look at something.
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word JAM.
    Jam like music, jam that you eat, jam like to get stuck
  • The laptops at school are dinosaurs. I think my sister used the same ones 15 years ago.
    Metaphor; comparing laptops to dinosaurs; means the laptops are really old
  • Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
    Similes use like or as, metaphors do not.
  • Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.
    Simile; comparing life and a box of chocolates; means life is unpredictable
  • Identify 2 meanings of the word GUM.
    Chewing gum; the gums your teeth are attached to
  • You should have seen Gary's face when his mom busted him breaking his curfew. His face turned as white as a ghost.
    Simile; comparing Gary's face and a ghost; means he was scared
  • It took me 30 minutes to find a parking spot at the mall this morning. The place was a zoo!
    Metaphor; comparing the mall to a zoo; means it was super crowded, chaotic
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